Little River is a small census-designated place in Mendocino County, California. It lies at an elevation of 66 feet and it is located two miles south of the town of Mendocino and running along the Pacific Ocean coast on State Route 1. The town is home to several hundred people and takes its name from nearby Little River. The town center sits on a bluff overlooking the mouth of Little River and hosts a grocery store. The population was 117 at the 2010 census, Little River is home to several boutique inns and bed & breakfasts, making it a popular tourist stop along the Pacific Coast. The Little River Area has two parks, lots of ocean access and diverse recreational opportunities. Little River is home to Little River Airport with its mile-long runway, the community is inside area code 707. Little River was first settled by Lloyd and Samuel Bell, kent purchased the Bell tract and until 1862 the place was known as Bell’s Harbor and Kent’s Landing. In that year Ruel Stickney, Silas Coombs, and Tapping Reeves built a mill here and this coastal mill town grew with the success of the mill so that eventually a schoolhouse, post house, hotels and blacksmith shops all established themselves here.

Little River prospered in a way to many other towns on the Mendocino Coast until the nearby inland timber stands faltered. In the case of Little River, the closed in 1893. The loss of the mill shrunk the town and since that time it has served mainly as a tourist destination due to its beaches and Van Damme State Park, the first road that ran through this area was the Anderson Valley and Big RiverWagon Road. This road was widened and altered over the years until it was eventually added to the State Highway System. Th Little River post office opened in 1865, changed its name to Littleriver in 1894, closed in 1929, the Heritage House Inn, a bed and breakfast in Little River, was the location for the film Same Time, Next Year starring Alan Alda and Ellen Burstyn. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP covers an area of 1.7 square miles, the 2010 United States Census reported that Little River had a population of 117. The population density was 70.0 people per square mile, the racial makeup of Little River was 113 White,0 African American,1 Native American,0 Asian,0 Pacific Islander,0 from other races, and 3 from two or more races.

Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2 persons, the Census reported that 117 people lived in households,0 lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0 were institutionalized. There were 4 unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 0 same-sex married couples or partnerships,35 households were made up of individuals and 14 had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older

The President of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president directs the executive branch of the government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces. The president is considered to be one of the worlds most powerful political figures, the role includes being the commander-in-chief of the worlds most expensive military with the second largest nuclear arsenal and leading the nation with the largest economy by nominal GDP. The office of President holds significant hard and soft power both in the United States and abroad, Constitution vests the executive power of the United States in the president. The president is empowered to grant federal pardons and reprieves. The president is responsible for dictating the legislative agenda of the party to which the president is a member. The president directs the foreign and domestic policy of the United States, since the office of President was established in 1789, its power has grown substantially, as has the power of the federal government as a whole.

However, nine vice presidents have assumed the presidency without having elected to the office. The Twenty-second Amendment prohibits anyone from being elected president for a third term, in all,44 individuals have served 45 presidencies spanning 57 full four-year terms. On January 20,2017, Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th, in 1776, the Thirteen Colonies, acting through the Second Continental Congress, declared political independence from Great Britain during the American Revolution. The new states, though independent of each other as nation states, desiring to avoid anything that remotely resembled a monarchy, Congress negotiated the Articles of Confederation to establish a weak alliance between the states. Out from under any monarchy, the states assigned some formerly royal prerogatives to Congress, only after all the states agreed to a resolution settling competing western land claims did the Articles take effect on March 1,1781, when Maryland became the final state to ratify them.

In 1783, the Treaty of Paris secured independence for each of the former colonies, with peace at hand, the states each turned toward their own internal affairs. Prospects for the convention appeared bleak until James Madison and Edmund Randolph succeeded in securing George Washingtons attendance to Philadelphia as a delegate for Virginia. It was through the negotiations at Philadelphia that the presidency framed in the U. S. The first power the Constitution confers upon the president is the veto, the Presentment Clause requires any bill passed by Congress to be presented to the president before it can become law. Once the legislation has been presented, the president has three options, Sign the legislation, the bill becomes law. Veto the legislation and return it to Congress, expressing any objections, in this instance, the president neither signs nor vetoes the legislation

Willits is a city in Mendocino County, United States. Willits is located 20 miles north-northwest of Ukiah, at an elevation of 1391 feet, the population was 4,888 at the 2010 census, down from 5,073 at the 2000 census. Willits is at the center of Mendocino County and at the beginning of the extensive redwood forests as approached by Highway 101 from the south. An arch donated to the city by Reno, Nevada in 1995 stands in the center of town and displays Willits slogans Heart of Mendocino County, the Sherwood Valley Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California is headquartered in Willits. Located at the center of Mendocino County in the Little Lake Valley,20 miles north of Ukiah on U. S. Route 101, as of 2010, the city had a total area of 2.803 square miles,99. 83% of it land. Under the Köppen climate classification Willits has a mediterranean climate. The mountains to the west along with a significant influence of mild Pacific air cause Willits to have a cool winter, average January temperatures range from 32 °F to 54.9 °F.

Average July temperatures range from 47.3 °F to 85.3 °F, there are an average of 34.5 days with highs of 90 °F or higher, and an average of 80.3 days with lows of 32 °F or lower. The record maximum temperature was 118 °F on June 30,2005, the wettest year on record was 1983 with 91.58 inches and the driest year on record was 2013 with 16.68 inches. The most precipitation in one month was 31.41 inches in December 1964, the most precipitation in 24 hours was 8.80 inches on December 22,1964. There are an average of 94 days with measurable precipitation, there are occasional snow falls in Willits each year, with an average of 3.7 inches of snow annually. The most snow in one month was 20.0 inches in December 1964, hiram Willits arrived from Indiana in 1857 to settle in the Little Lake Valley. Kirk Brier founded the settlement on Willits land, when the post office opened in 1861, it was called Little Lake. The name changed to Willits in 1874, Little Lake was the scene of a legendary family feud between the Frost and Coates families.

The Frost family supported the South during the war, and the Coates family supported the Union, both families were passionate in their beliefs. On October 16,1867, Election Day, the feud came to a head. A brawl turned into a shootout in front of Baechtel’s store, leaving Abraham Coates, Henry Coates, Albert Coates, Thomas Coates and Elisha Frost dead on the street. Elijah Frost, age 29, along with Abijah Bige Gibson and Tom McCracken, both reported to be about 19 years of age, were charged with petty larceny having been accused of stealing a saddle and harness

Comptche is a census-designated place in Mendocino County, United States. It is located 17 miles southeast of Fort Bragg, at an elevation of 187 feet, there is a KG-3 Primary school serving the town. The population was 159 at the 2010 census, Comptche is located at 39°15′54″N 123°35′28″W. It is in USPSZIP code 95427 and lies at the junction of three minor roads, the Comptche–Ukiah road extends west from Comptche approximately 15 miles to Mendocino on State Route 1 and continues east 33 miles to Ukiah on U. S.101. Flynn Creek Road connects southward 8 miles to State Route 128 in Navarro River Redwoods State Park, according to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP covers an area of 1.2 square miles, all of it land. The Comptche post office opened in 1877, closed that same year, although the precise origin of the towns name is unknown, there was a village of the Pomo people named Komacho nearby. The 2010 United States Census reported that Comptche had a population of 159, the population density was 137.8 people per square mile.

The racial makeup of Comptche was 146 White,0 African American,1 Native American,1 Asian,0 Pacific Islander,5 from other races, hispanic or Latino of any race were 10 persons. The Census reported that 159 people lived in households,0 lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, there were 6 unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 0 same-sex married couples or partnerships. 19 households were made up of individuals and 6 had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older, the average household size was 2.37. There were 39 families, the family size was 2.90. The median age was 47.3 years, for every 100 females there were 127.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 110.2 males, there were 83 housing units at an average density of 72.0 per square mile, of which 39 were owner-occupied, and 28 were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 0%, the vacancy rate was 9. 7%. 86 people lived in owner-occupied housing units and 73 people lived in housing units. In the state legislature, Comptche is in the 2nd Senate District, represented by Democrat Mike McGuire, Comptche is in Californias 2nd congressional district, represented by Democrat Jared Huffman.

The 2010 United States Census reported that Leggett had a population of 122, the population density was 45.1 people per square mile. The racial makeup of Leggett was 101 White,0 African American,3 Native American,0 Asian,0 Pacific Islander,0 from other races, hispanic or Latino of any race were 4 persons. The Census reported that 122 people lived in households,0 lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, there were 8 unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 0 same-sex married couples or partnerships. 28 households were made up of individuals and 10 had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older, the average household size was 2.22. There were 22 families, the family size was 3.64. The median age was 33.0 years, for every 100 females there were 106.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.9 males, there were 78 housing units at an average density of 28.8 per square mile, of which 23 were owner-occupied, and 32 were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 0%, the vacancy rate was 0%. 59 people lived in owner-occupied housing units and 63 people lived in housing units.

Point Arena is a small coastal city in Mendocino County, United States. Point Arena is located 31 miles west of Hopland, at an elevation of 118 feet, the population was 449 at the 2010 census, down from 474 at the 2000 census, making it one of the smallest incorporated cities in the state. It is the western most city in the continental United States Its main street comprises part of State Route 1, along with a number of other Mendocino County coastal communities, Point Arena is associated with the hippie and subsequent counterculture groups. Reportedly, the economy is geared toward servicing the summertime tourist industry. The City is near the headquarters of the lands of Manchester Band of Pomo Indians of the Manchester-Point Arena Rancheria. The City is adjacent to the recently formed Point Arena Stornetta Public LandsNational Monument, hiking Trails can be accesses at the Point Arena City Hall Parking. Spectacular coastal prairie and ocean views await, of special note is Arena Cove and pier with huge ocean front bluffs showing power of the interface of the Tectonic plates.

The City of Point Arena is located at 38°54′32″N 123°41′35″W and it is in USPSZIP code 95468. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of 1.4 square miles. This is the location of the Point Arena Lighthouse, at 115 feet the tallest lighthouse on the West coast of the United States, the lighthouse is the closest location on the mainland to Honolulu, Hawaii at a distance of 2,353 miles. The city has three schools, Point Arena High School, South Coast Continuation High School and the Pacific Community Charter High School. The choice of the school has helped to keep in Point Arena many students who formerly commuted to Mendocino to attend its high school. A variety of fauna and flora occur in the Point Arena area, the location is sometimes a range demarcation for occurrence of some species. For example, the Pacific giant salamander occurs at Point Arena and at points south, the Point Arena State Marine Reserve & Point Arena State Marine Conservation Area are two marine protected areas that extend offshore from Point Arena.

Sea Lion Cove State Marine Conservation Area and Saunders Reef State Marine Conservation Area lie south of Point Arena, like underwater parks, these marine protected areas help conserve ocean wildlife and marine ecosystems. Sound levels in Point Arena are relatively quiet, with locations at night-time dominated by natural sounds such as those of the surf. The maximum acceptable sound level specified in that General Plan Element is 60 Leq for residential areas, Point Arena has cool, wet winters and mild, relatively dry summers. According to the Köppen climate classification system, it has warm-summer Mediterranean climate, the average January temperatures are a maximum of 56.4 °F and a minimum of 40.2 °F

Albion is a census-designated place in Mendocino County, California. It is located 15 miles south of Fort Bragg, at an elevation of 174 feet, Albion had a population of 168 at the 2010 census. Albion lies directly on Californias State Route 1 north of Elk and it lies just north of the intersection of State Route 128 and State Route 1. The town consists of three roads, Albion Ridge Road, Navarro Ridge Road, and Middle Ridge Road. The first two are accessible from the coast, but Middle Ridge, running parallel, is accessible from Albion Ridge Road. The side-roads on Albion Ridge Road are labeled from B through Q, Middle Ridge road begins at Albion Ridge Road just beyond M Road. The nearest beaches include Navarro Beach, to the south, vegetation includes Coastal Headlands, California Redwood Forests, and Pygmy forests. Albion has two bridges, spanning the Albion River and Little Salmon Creek, the Albion River Bridge, built in 1944 when steel and concrete were in short supply, remains as the last wooden bridge still in use on State Route 1.

The community is inside area code 707, according to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP covers an area of 4.799 km2,97. 98% of it land, and 2. 02% of it water. Albion was named in 1844, as a reference to when Sir Francis Drake landed on the northern California coast, the name is an ancient word for Britain, which stems from the Latin word albus, meaning white, referring to the White Cliffs of Dover. In 1845, Mexico awarded English sea captain William A. Richardson a large land grant, captain Richardson had partly earned this prize by marrying the daughter of the Mexican Commandant of Yerba Buena. By 1853 Richardson had built, in the middle of this tract, richardsons sawmill was the first to begin operation along the Redwood Coast. It was powered by a water wheel, which would operate whether the tide was coming in or going out. Unfortunately, the mill was destroyed by waves during its first winter. Richardson rebuilt the mill the following year, steam-driven this time, land Commission refused to recognize his Mexican title.

The first post office opened in 1859, the sawmill continued to operate at this location over the next 75 years. By 1861 a hotel, livery stable, and mercantile store were in operation, miles Standish and Henry Hickey purchased the lumber company in 1891. Southern Pacific Railroad bought the operation in 1907 in order to provide ties for railroads they were building in Mexico

Soviet war casualties accounted for the highest proportion of the conflict in the effort of acquiring the upper hand over Axis forces at battles such as Stalingrad. Soviet forces eventually captured Berlin in 1945, the territory overtaken by the Red Army became satellite states of the Eastern Bloc. The Cold War emerged by 1947 as the Soviet bloc confronted the Western states that united in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in 1949. Following Stalins death in 1953, a period of political and economic liberalization, known as de-Stalinization and Khrushchevs Thaw, the country developed rapidly, as millions of peasants were moved into industrialized cities. The USSR took a lead in the Space Race with Sputnik 1, the first ever satellite, and Vostok 1. In the 1970s, there was a brief détente of relations with the United States, the war drained economic resources and was matched by an escalation of American military aid to Mujahideen fighters. In the mid-1980s, the last Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, sought to reform and liberalize the economy through his policies of glasnost.

The goal was to preserve the Communist Party while reversing the economic stagnation, the Cold War ended during his tenure, and in 1989 Soviet satellite countries in Eastern Europe overthrew their respective communist regimes. This led to the rise of strong nationalist and separatist movements inside the USSR as well, in August 1991, a coup détat was attempted by Communist Party hardliners. It failed, with Russian PresidentBoris Yeltsin playing a role in facing down the coup. On 25 December 1991, Gorbachev resigned and the twelve constituent republics emerged from the dissolution of the Soviet Union as independent post-Soviet states

Hiking is the preferred term, in Canada and the United States, for a long, vigorous walk, usually on trails, in the countryside, while the word walking is used for shorter, particularly urban walks. On the other hand, in the United Kingdom, and the Republic of Ireland, the word hiking is often used in the UK, along with rambling and fell walking. The term bushwalking is endemic to Australia, having been adopted by the Sydney Bush Walkers club in 1927, in New Zealand a long, vigorous walk or hike is called tramping. It is an activity with numerous hiking organizations worldwide. In the United States, the Republic of Ireland, a day hike refers to a hike that can be completed in a single day. However, in the United Kingdom, the walking is used, as well as rambling. In Northern England, Including the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales, fellwalking describes hill or mountain walks, hiking sometimes involves bushwhacking and is sometimes referred to as such. This specifically refers to walking through dense forest, undergrowth, or bushes.

In extreme cases of bushwhacking, where the vegetation is so dense that human passage is impeded, the Australian term bushwalking refers to both on and off-trail hiking. Common terms for hiking used by New Zealanders are tramping, walking or bushwalking, trekking is the preferred word used to describe multi-day hiking in the mountainous regions of India, Nepal, North America, South America, Iran and in the highlands of East Africa. Hiking a long-distance trail from end-to-end is referred to as trekking, in North America, multi-day hikes, usually with camping, are referred to as backpacking. The idea of taking a walk in the countryside for pleasure developed in the 18th-century, in earlier times walking generally indicated poverty and was associated with vagrancy. Thomas West, an English priest, popularized the idea of walking for pleasure in his guide to the Lake District of 1778. To this end he included various stations or viewpoints around the lakes, published in 1778 the book was a major success.

Another famous early exponent of walking for pleasure, was the English poet William Wordsworth, in 1790 he embarked on an extended tour of France and Germany, a journey subsequently recorded in his long autobiographical poem The Prelude. His famous poem Tintern Abbey was inspired by a visit to the Wye Valley made during a tour of Wales in 1798 with his sister Dorothy Wordsworth. Wordsworths friend Coleridge was another keen walker and in the autumn of 1799, he and Wordsworth undertook a three weeks tour of the Lake District. John Keats, who belonged to the generation of Romantic poets began, in June 1818, a walking tour of Scotland, Ireland

The western portion of Alta California was organized as the State of California, the California Gold Rush starting in 1848 led to dramatic social and demographic changes, with large-scale emigration from the east and abroad with an accompanying economic boom. If it were a country, California would be the 6th largest economy in the world, fifty-eight percent of the states economy is centered on finance, real estate services and professional, scientific and technical business services. Although it accounts for only 1.5 percent of the states economy, the story of Calafia is recorded in a 1510 work The Adventures of Esplandián, written as a sequel to Amadis de Gaula by Spanish adventure writer Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo. The kingdom of Queen Calafia, according to Montalvo, was said to be a land inhabited by griffins and other strange beasts. This conventional wisdom that California was an island, with maps drawn to reflect this belief, shortened forms of the states name include CA, Cal. Calif. and US-CA.

Settled by successive waves of arrivals during the last 10,000 years, various estimates of the native population range from 100,000 to 300,000. The Indigenous peoples of California included more than 70 distinct groups of Native Americans, ranging from large, settled populations living on the coast to groups in the interior. California groups were diverse in their organization with bands, villages. Trade and military alliances fostered many social and economic relationships among the diverse groups, the first European effort to explore the coast as far north as the Russian River was a Spanish sailing expedition, led by Portuguese captain Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, in 1542. Some 37 years English explorer Francis Drake explored and claimed a portion of the California coast in 1579. Spanish traders made unintended visits with the Manilagalleons on their trips from the Philippines beginning in 1565

In the 1932 presidential election, Roosevelt defeated incumbentRepublican president Herbert Hoover in a landslide to win the presidency, Roosevelt took office while in the United States was in the midst of the worst economic crisis in its history. Energized by his victory over polio, FDR relied on his persistent optimism and activism to renew the national spirit. He created numerous programs to support the unemployed and farmers, and to labor union growth while more closely regulating business. His support for the repeal of Prohibition in 1933 added to his popularity, the economy improved rapidly from 1933–37, but relapsed into a deep recession in 1937–38. The bipartisan Conservative Coalition that formed in 1937 prevented his packing the Supreme Court, when the war began and unemployment ended, conservatives in Congress repealed the two major relief programs, the WPA and CCC. However, they kept most of the regulations on business, along with several smaller programs, major surviving programs include the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Wagner Act, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and Social Security.

His goal was to make America the Arsenal of Democracy, which would supply munitions to the Allies, in March 1941, with Congressional approval, provided Lend-Lease aid to Britain and China. He supervised the mobilization of the U. S. economy to support the war effort, as an active military leader, Roosevelt implemented a war strategy on two fronts that ended in the defeat of the Axis Powers and initiate the development of the worlds first atomic bomb. His work influenced the creation of the United Nations. Roosevelts physical health declined during the war years, and he died 11 weeks into his fourth term. One of the oldest Dutch families in New York State, the Roosevelts distinguished themselves in other than politics. One ancestor, Isaac Roosevelt, had served with the New York militia during the American Revolution, Roosevelt attended events of the New York society Sons of the American Revolution, and joined the organization while he was president

Caspar is a census-designated place in Mendocino County, California. It is located on the Pacific Ocean,4 miles north of Mendocino, the population was 509 at the 2010 census. Pilings from the mill can be seen on Caspar Beach, located south of the community, the mill was featured on the cover of a 1938 National Geographic magazine. Multiple heirs to the Caspar Lumber Company sold their holdings to Georgia Pacific, ownership of the central parcels, consisting of more than 300 acres and comprising much of downtown Caspar, was taken over by the Caspar Cattle Company in 1997. The companys principal immediately offered the land for sale, the nonprofit entity that organized the communitys campaign to preserve its sacred spaces. CCI continues to attempt to acquire the remainder of the property in accordance with the vision of the community since its formation. While it has noted that reaching consensus amongst the Casparados is like herding cats. In July,2013, the majority of the land is still for sale, the Caspar post office opened in 1874 and closed on November 15,1986, when postmaster, Georgia Johnston, retired.

In 2013, Caspar has a community center, church and a thriving nightclub, the Caspar Inn existed continuously as a roadhouse from the heyday of the logging era in 1906 to February 2013. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP covers an area of 3.0 square miles, the 2010 United States Census reported that Caspar had a population of 509. The population density was 170.1 people per square mile, the racial makeup of Caspar was 474 White,3 African American,0 Native American,8 Asian,0 Pacific Islander,3 from other races, and 21 from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 15 persons, the Census reported that 507 people lived in households,2 lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0 were institutionalized. There were 28 unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 5 same-sex married couples or partnerships,88 households were made up of individuals and 38 had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.01, there were 131 families, the average family size was 2.47.

The median age was 57.1 years, for every 100 females there were 90.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.8 males, there were 336 housing units at an average density of 112.3 per square mile, of which 164 were owner-occupied, and 88 were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 4. 0%, the vacancy rate was 7. 4%. 345 people lived in owner-occupied housing units and 162 people lived in housing units

Mendocino County is a county located on the north coast of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2010 census, the population was 87,841. The county seat is Ukiah.Mendocino County comprises the Ukiah, CA Micropolitan Statistical Area. It is located north of the San Francisco Bay Area and west of …

A vineyard in Mendocino County

Aerial view of the mouth of the Noyo River on the Pacific Ocean at Fort Bragg

California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States. With 39.6 million residents, California is the most populous U.S. state and the third-largest by area. The state capital is Sacramento. The Greater Los Angeles Area and the San Francisco Bay Area are the nation's second and fifth …

Sequoia sempervirens is the sole living species of the genus Sequoia in the cypress family Cupressaceae. Common names include coast redwood, coastal redwood and California redwood. It is an evergreen, long-lived, monoecious tree living 1,200–1,800 years or more …

The Eel River is a major river, about 196 miles long, of northwestern California. The river and its tributaries form the third largest watershed entirely in California, draining a rugged area of 3,684 square miles in five counties. The river flows generally …

Salmon is the common name for several species of ray-finned fish in the family Salmonidae. Other fish in the same family include trout, char, grayling and whitefish. Salmon are native to tributaries of the North Atlantic and Pacific Ocean. Many species of salmon …

The rainbow trout is a trout and species of salmonid native to cold-water tributaries of the Pacific Ocean in Asia and North America. The steelhead is an anadromous form of the coastal rainbow trout or Columbia …

Hiking is the preferred term, in Canada and the United States, for a long, vigorous walk, usually on trails, in the countryside, while the word walking is used for shorter, particularly urban walks. On the other hand, in the United Kingdom, and the Republic of Ireland, the word …

A tramper crossing a swingbridge over the Huxley River on a hike in the South Island of New Zealand.

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Claife Station, built at one of Thomas West's 'viewing stations', to allow visiting tourists and artists to better appreciate the picturesque Lake District, Cumbria, England.

A picnic is a meal taken outdoors as part of an excursion – ideally in scenic surroundings, such as a park, lakeside, or other place affording an interesting view, or else in conjunction with a public event such as preceding an open-air theatre performance, and usually in summer …

USS California was the second of two Tennessee-class battleships built for the United States Navy between her keel laying in October 1916 and her commissioning in August 1921. The Tennessee class was part of the standard series and were developments of the preceding New Mexico class. They …

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt, often referred to by his initials FDR, was an American statesman and political leader who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945. A Democrat, he won a record four presidential elections …

Springwood, the birthplace and lifelong home of Franklin Roosevelt, located in Hyde Park, New York

Roosevelt with Miss Mosenthal and Theodore Douglas Robinson during the travel around Norway in 1901 (Stalheim at Voss)

The Soviet Union, officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, was a socialist state in Eurasia that existed from 30 December 1922 to 26 December 1991. Nominally a union of multiple national Soviet republics, its government and economy were highly centralized. The country was a …

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not governed by a local municipal corporation; similarly an unincorporated community is a settlement that is not governed by its own local municipal corporation, but rather is administered as part of larger administrative divisions, such as …

Willits is a city in Mendocino County, California, United States. Willits is located 20 miles north-northwest of Ukiah, at an elevation of 1391 feet. The population was 4,888 at the 2010 census, down from 5,073 at the 2000 census. Willits is …

Mendocino is an unincorporated community in Mendocino County, California, United States. Mendocino is located 9.5 miles south of Fort Bragg, at an elevation of 154 feet. The population of the census-designated place was 894 …

Mendocino, California

View of Mendocino from the Northwest with the Mendocino Music Festival tent to the right

Fort Bragg is a coastal city along State Route 1 in Mendocino County, California. It is 24 miles west of Willits, at an elevation of 85 feet. A California Historical Landmark, the city was founded, prior to the American Civil War, as a military garrison rather than a fortification …

San Pedro is a community within the city of Los Angeles, California. Formerly a separate city, it consolidated with Los Angeles in 1909. The Port of Los Angeles, a major international seaport, is partially located within San Pedro. The district has grown from being dominated by the fishing …

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Point Arena is a small coastal city in Mendocino County, California, United States. Point Arena is located 32 miles west of Hopland, at an elevation of 118 feet. The population was 449 at the 2010 census, down from 474 at the 2000 census …

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Caspar is a census-designated place in Mendocino County, California. It is located on the Pacific Ocean, 4 miles north of Mendocino, at an elevation of 82 feet. It is bounded on three sides by state parks: the historic 1909 Point Cabrillo Light Station is nearby to the south, Jug …

William Harrison Standley was an admiral in the United States Navy, who served as Chief of Naval Operations from 1933 to 1937. He also served as the U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union from 1941 until 1943. — Early life — Standley was born in Ukiah …

Standley shaking hands with Hugo Eckener during the official welcome of the Hindenburg to the United States in 1936

Cleone is a census-designated place in Mendocino County, California. It is located 3.25 miles north-northeast of Fort Bragg on California State Highway 1, at an elevation of 79 feet. It most likely takes its name from Kelio, a division or village of the Pomo …

Comptche is a census-designated place in Mendocino County, California, United States. It is located 17 miles southeast of Fort Bragg, at an elevation of 187 feet. There is a KG-3 Primary school serving the town. The population was 159 at the 2010 census. — Geography — Comptche is …

Leggett is a census-designated place in Mendocino County, California. It is located on the South Fork of the Eel River 17 miles northwest of Laytonville, at an elevation of 984 feet. It is home to some of the largest trees in the world. Nearby Smithe …

Little River is a small census-designated place in Mendocino County, California. It lies at an elevation of 66 feet. It is located two miles south of the town of Mendocino and running along the Pacific Ocean coast on State …

Albion is a census-designated place in Mendocino County, California. It is located 15 miles south of Fort Bragg, at an elevation of 174 feet. Albion had a population of 168 at the 2010 census. — Geography — Albion lies directly on California's State Route 1 north of Elk, and south …

Hopland is a census-designated place in Mendocino County, California. It is located on the west bank of the Russian River 13 miles south-southeast of Ukiah, at an elevation of 502 feet. The population was 756 at the 2010 census. — Hopland is a small town of fewer than …

Redwood Valley is a census-designated place in Mendocino County, California. It is located 6.5 miles southwest of Potter Valley, at an elevation of 722 feet. It comprises the northern portion of the Ukiah Valley. It is about 8 mi north of Ukiah and 12 mi …

Andersonia is an unincorporated community in Mendocino County, California. It is located near U.S. Route 101 on the South Fork of the Eel River 1 mile north-northwest of Piercy, at an elevation of 541 feet. — History — A small wharf was completed at Bear Harbor in 1884 for …

Little remains of Andersonia at the confluence of Indian Creek and the South Fork Eel River.

Laytonville is a census-designated place in Mendocino County, California, United States. Laytonville, is located 20 miles north-northwest of Willits, at an elevation of 1670 feet. The population was 1,227 at the 2010 census, down from 1,301 at the 2000 census. — Geography …

Anchor Bay is a census-designated place in Mendocino County, California. It is located 3.5 miles northwest of Gualala, at an elevation of 105 feet. The population was 340 at the 2010 census. — Geography — According to the United States Census …

Walter Bruce Willis is an American actor, producer, and singer. Born to a German mother and American father in Idar-Oberstein, Germany, he moved to the United States with his family in 1957. His career began on the Off-Broadway stage in the 1970s. He later achieved fame with …

Willis in July 2018

Willis upon receiving an Emmy Award in 1987 for Best Actor in Moonlighting

The Thirty Years' War was a war fought primarily in Central Europe between 1618 and 1648. One of the most destructive conflicts in human history, it resulted in eight million fatalities not only from military engagements but also from violence, famine, and plague. Casualties were overwhelmingly and …